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Holyf i eld or the 18 LB PB from
Harry’s as i had no camera first
time and at Harry’s I’d run out
of film. So, I let the fish go as
it was October dark, cold and
I was using my carp sack as
a cover to try and keep warm
until my mum would come to
pick me up at an arranged time.
In fact, I never had incredible
Hainualt Forest Park Lake and
that it contained carp over
30lb but that it was quite a
tricky water. This was late
into1989 so I had split up with
my girlfriend had been with
for a few years and decided
to take up the challenge of
trying to catch a 20lb plus
carp and hopefully bigger!
picture’s that have come out in
perfect focus or perspectives
as at this time i never had a
decent camera. Having said
this i have plenty of pictures
that i love from this time.
I t was around this ti m e ;
I got into footbal l as we l l
a s my fishing and go t q u i t e
s i detracke d
playi ng
on
S u ndays, winning th e l ea g u e
t i t le and cup finals in th e y e a r
1 9 84. So, fishing took a li tt l e
b a ck seat for a few year s . I
a l so disco vered girls and th e
p r os and cons of gi rlfrie n d s
a n d fishin g not quite mi x i n g
w ell.
Through a friend of the
family, I was told about
The ticket for Hainalt could be
purchased on the bank from
the head bailiff, who was an
older gentleman who went by
the nickname of Tuska. It was
only when he started talking
to me when issuing my permit
that I realized why he had
this nickname. He had one big
tooth left in the middle of his
mouth and lots of spittle came
flying out either side of his big
ivory Tusk tooth, hitting me
straight in the face. Ha ha ha.
In fact, he was just the first of
a whole lot of characters that
fished and visited the banks of
this historic and special Public
Park Lake. Also the stock of
carp being no less interesting
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